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Reviews of CIAL Centro de Linguas, Lisbon, Portugal - Page 4

Total No. of Reviews: 238

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Being able to start each monday is a good thing but has the disadvantage that classes (and learning topics) can change every week. The organised week-end trips are quite expensive, I would advise you to do them on your own.

Very positive and friendly atmosphere. Very nice teacher. Small groups.

Insider tips about what future students should not miss

One should not expect to have a big share of speaking activities in class. You will learn quite a bit of grammar and vocabulary but you won't get a lot of active speaking experience. The teachers are nice and helpful but oldfashioned in their methodology and not very willing to change their approaches. I was in an intermediate group, so maybe beginner classes are different.

Other comments

I didn't take any individual classes, so depending on the teacher and the teaching situation things might be different from what I described. The front-desk man was very helpful to get extra information on bus-connections and schedules. Since this was not my first time in Lisbon I only participated in two extra-activities which were not satisfying. The program was mostly interesting for people who didn't know Lisbon at all- so it covered a lot of the typical tourist-spots.

I found the school a really interesting and lively environment, thanks to the different nationalities of the students. It was a great cultural experience and the fact that we were all speaking different languages forced us to communicate in portuguese, immediately using the new knowledge we were learning at lessons. Teachers are simply amazing!!

There were only 2 people in my class and so the teaching was almost individual at times so i could make a lot of progresses

Insider tips about what future students should not miss

If staying with a host family is too expensive, my advice is to find a cheap hostel for a couple of nights, buy a newspaper and search for rooms. it's relatively easy and you can find some cheap with some bargaining